Paint mixing device



- May 19, 1942. F. JOUDRY PAINT MIXING DEVICE Filed Feb. 24, 1941 y/("M I Patented May 19, 1942 T E S TENT rice PAINT MIXING DEVICE Frederick J oudry,

Kelowna, British Columbia,

Canada 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in paint mixing devices.

The objects of the invention are to provide a churn primarily for use for mixing paint in the can; to provide means of extremely cheap construction which can be sold or given away with the sale of one or more cans of paints; to provide means whereby the paint in any can, irrespective of its segregation due to the length of time that it has stood on the shelf of the supply store, can be completely mixed without splashing or spilling, and also without need for removing some of the oil content from the paint to provide mixing room in the can. Further objects are to provide a paint mixing device which can be easily cleaned, if desired for further use.

The invention consists of a cone provided with a peripheral opening adjacent its apex which is covered with a cowl so designed as to direct liquid being discharged therethrough in a horizontal or downward direction, as will be more fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view showing a side view of the cowl.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view showing a front view of the cowl and a portion of the discharge orifice.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral I indicates a cone formed of sheet material of such width as to provide a flap which is extended tangentially beyond and inwardly towards the periphery of the cone as at 2 to form a cowl 3. Inside the cowl an opening 4 is formed within the periphery of the cone. The cone is fitted with a support rod 5 which consists of a stiff wire extending downwardly through the apex of the cone and in contact with its side wall as indicated in dotted line in Figure 3 as at 5. The lower extremity of said wire is passed through the overlapping portions of the cone material and bent back upon itself as at l. The upper portion of the support rod is bent to form a spiral 8 offset from the centre of the cone and the free end of the rod is bent to form a hook 9 by which the device can be suspended from the side wall of a. can or from any other suitable support. A handle II] is provided which consists of a wooden stick having its lower extremity substantially rectangular in cross section to provide vertical ribs II. The diameter of the handle over the ribs is preferably greater than the core of the spiral 8 so that the handle can conveniently be screwed into said spiral and be held therein against endwise slippage.

The device is preferably made about the height of a paint can of say one quart capacity and the handle a similar length, so that when assembled the device is suitable for mixing in any can up to the quart size and in cans of a little larger size.

The device when in use is lowered into a can until the cone rests on the heavy sediment body of the paint. It is then moved up and down, striking the sediment at each downward reciprocation. The thin wall edge of the cone cuts into the sediment body causing a thin film to creep up and curl inwardly and upwardly within the cone. This film together with the thin oil is caused to flow outwardly through the opening and surge radially outwards therefrom, the cowl 3 serving to keep the outflow below the liquid level in the can, preventing splash and promoting an intimate mix of the free liquid and the sediment. An upward pull on the device obviously reverses the flow through the opening until the cone is above the sediment line, which reverse flow serves to scour the inner wall of the cone with the liquid content.

It will be obvious that with the opening 4 being only a fraction of the area of the base of the cone that the flow through said opening will be proportionately faster than the vertical movement of the cone, consequently the friction created by such flow will rapidly break down the sediment to a state of fine division in the liquid especially so as the sediment is, due to cone action, shaved off from the sediment body mostly in the form of thin film.

It will also be obvious that since the outflow from the cone is kept below liquid level, that the device can be re-ciprocated relatively fast without producing any splash so that it will not be necessary to pour off any oil from a full can to mix it.

What I claim as my invention is:

A device for mixing paint and the like comprising a blank of sheet material folded into a cone with an overlapping portion in the form of a half cone, one free edge of the blank being cut away to define an opening communicating between the cone and the half cone and the opposite free edge of the blank being turned down into contact with the peripheral wall of the cone, the inner surface of the blank forming a continuous unbroken wall completely surrounding the cone and the half cone and a support for the cone.

FREDERICK J OUDRY. 

